"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

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"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task."

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"A witty saying proves nothing."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on."

Marilyn Monroe, American Actress

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"Nothing endures but personal qualities."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block."

Annie Dillard, American Author

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"There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

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"The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments."

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"We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause."

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"The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds."

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"No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better."

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"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude."

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